Brad Wood

Brad Wood, a senior consultant at Clear Horizons, is a graduate of Princeton University where he studied computer programming. At Clear Horizons, he focuses on developing new product strategies and go-to-market tactics for hardware manufacturers and software development companies. His additional freelance experience in the coding space, as wellas a specialization within Clear Horizons, helps to provide additional insights into the needs of modern programmers and developers.

Abstract
The following recaps a custom research study among Java software development
managers (a group that has great influence but has been historically
under-researched). The study found that the overriding issue, with regards to
code quality, frustrating these managers is their ability—or
inability—to minimize software failures/bugs in code before release.
This is followed by secondary concerns over not tracking quality early enough
in a project's development path, the need for clear and well-defined metrics,
inefficient use of time reviewing code, and the inability to track individual
developer's performance. Managers want a quality measurement system that will
institute solid quality metrics, help them track and train new hires, and
work with their existing toolsets. The key benefit would be a greater sense
of control driven by lower stress levels,... (more)